High winds, gusts blow across Weld County

High winds and powerful gusts as high as 55 mph blew across Weld County on Tuesday.

According to David Barjenbruch, meteorologist with the National Weather Service out of Boulder, fast-moving storm systems were pushed across the state. With the big weather changes came big winds, Barjenbruch said.

The Weld County Office of Emergency Management restricted all light, high-profile vehicles on Interstate 25 from the Wyoming border to Cheyenne, according to a tweet from the Weld County Twitter page. The Colorado Department of Transportation placed high-wind restrictions on high-profile vehicles on I-76 from Hudson to the Nebraska border.

Low humidity combined with the high winds placed Greeley under a high fire danger, according to Greeley Fire Marshal Pete Morgan. Morgan said firefighters responded at about 2:40 p.m. Tuesday to a downed power pole near 2nd Avenue and U.S. 85.

"We'll typically get a few more," Morgan said.

Despite winds gusting at 54 mph in Greeley — and 80 mph in the Loveland area — spokespeople for the Greeley and Windsor police departments said Tuesday they had not received any reports of weather-related incidents. Josh Lewis, spokesman for the Colorado State Patrol, said although the wind caused trouble on roads across the state, he was not aware of any significant problems in the Greeley area.

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Barjenbruch said today's winds will be much lighter, starting with a breezy morning and decreasing throughout the day.